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Facebook launches video chat with Skype

Jul 11, 2011 at 4:45 am in News by support · Leave a Comment »

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Just a few weeks ago, Skype announced the ability to IM your Facebook friends or to ‘Like’ and comment on a Facebook status directly from Skype. Today, we are excited to announce that Skype’s partnership with Facebook goes even further, as we are now making it possible to video chat with your friends right from within Facebook. This is an exciting step for us as it represents Skype’s first big step on the Web, and because we know this  [read more →]

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Top-level changes at Bharti group

Jun 13, 2011 at 2:30 pm in News by support · Leave a Comment »

Mr Mukesh Bhavnani has been appointed as the Group General Counsel and Company Secretary of Bharti Enterprises, the parent company of Bharti Airtel. He will take over this responsibility from Ms Vijaya Sampath effective June 2.

Mr Bhavnani has moved from Essar Group where he was Group President – Legal. He has around 30 years of varied experience spanning across multiple industries including insurance, infrastructure, media, and consumer goods. In his last assignment, Mr Bhavnani was responsible for the  [read more →]

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Vodafone Essar launches 3G services in Karnal, Kurukshetra

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Cellular service provider-Vodafone Essar today announced the roll-out of its 3G services in Karnal and Kurukshetra. Vodafone 3G mobile and data services will offer its customers a faster, smarter and better mobile experience with internet access at speeds up to 21.1 Mbps at their finger tips.

Vodafone 3G services were first introduced in Panipat and Ambala in Haryana. As a part of the second phase, the services are being rolled out in Karnal and Kurukshetra. Subsequently, it would be  [read more →]

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Airtel commences 3G services in J&K

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Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Wednesday commenced 3G services in Jammu and Kashmir , starting with the summer capital Srinagar.

“Powered by 160 sites in Srinagar alone, Airtel 3G services will gradually be launched across the state in weeks to come,” Chief Executive Officer, Upper North, Mobile service, Shashi Arora told reporters.

He said with the launch of 3G service, customers in Kashmir will now be able to join the three million plus Airtel customers across  [read more →]

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Huawei aims at 15% Indian GSM handset space by 2015, to launch tablet after July

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Huawei Devices a subsidiary of Chinese networks major Huawei Technologies , plans to grab 15% of the Indian handset market by 2015, president for India device business Victor Shan said on Wednesday.

Huawei Devices, which sells set-top-boxes, data dongles and CDMA handsets in India, is slowly changing its focus to the GSM space and plans to sell 300,000 to 400,000 GSM handsets this year. It will invest 5-6% of its Indian revenues coming from selling devices into augmenting distribution  [read more →]

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Vodafone pays first tranche for $5 billion Ruia`s stake

Jun 6, 2011 at 9:36 am in News by LT Writer · Leave a Comment »

The Vodafone Group has paid its Indian partner Essar $1.9 billion, the first tranche of its $5 billion deal, to buy out Ruias`entire 33% stake in Vodafone Essar, an executive with direct knowledge of the development told ET.

The UK-headquartered telco will pay the next installment of $1.9 billion in November 2011, the executive quoted above added. In March 2011, Vodafone and Essar had agreed on an amicable divorce after a four-year marriage marred by bitter fighting, with the  [read more →]

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Tata Communications priority is to retire debt and reduce interest cost

May 30, 2011 at 10:45 pm in News by support · Leave a Comment »

Tata Communications, MD & CEO Vinod Kumar, who joined the company in April 2004 and took up the current position this February, has his task cut out. The company, which has a $1.4 billion debt on its books, is looking at borrowing more this year, and Kumar will have to look at retiring a part of it. In a conversation with FE`s Nikita Upadhyay, Kumar speaks about the company`s growth strategy and entry into new business segments. Excerpts:

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BSNL plans to open new exchanges, 100 cell sites

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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has planned to open three new exchanges and install 84 numbers of additional 2G cellular sites i.e., Base Transmission Stations (BTS) and 16 additional 3G cell sites.

Talking to reporters, the Principal General Manager of BSNL N. Hari Babu along with C. Sunitha – General Manager said that BSNL has the strongest cellular coverage.

To strengthen the coverage, 84 new 2G cell sites and 16 additional 3G sites are under installation.  [read more →]

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TDSAT rejects Idea's plea against DoT showcause notice

May 27, 2011 at 2:08 pm in News by LT contributor · Leave a Comment »

The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has dismissed Aditya Birla group firm Idea Cellular`s plea against Department of Telecommunications` (DoT) showcause notice, asking why its licence in Punjab circle should not be cancelled for violating merger and acquisition (M&A) norms.

The TDSAT has said that the Idea`s plea against was “premature one” and “has failed to make out a prima facie case” as the DoT was yet to take any decision on the issue.

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BSNL to be split like pvt sector

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Communications and IT minister Kapil Sibal wants the management of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) to run the struggling state behemoth like a private company and has formulated a new structure in which frontline regional units will have heads with financial accountability. Under the new system to be implemented from June, the performance of all the circle heads of the company would be measured in terms of gross revenue earned by them.

The nationwide market has been divided into  [read more →]